BEST: Sam Quintana (Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe)

WORST: Stannis Baratheon (A Song of ICe and Fire)

Okay, first place for “Worst Dad of the Year” award actually needs to go to Stannis Baratheon. The world of Game of Thrones has a lot of crappy dads, but Stannis, you really take the cake. Poor Shireen.

who are some of your favorite fictional Fathers and Father Figures? ANd some of your least favorites?

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Great list! I also chose Hans and Arthur as some of the best dads out there. There are just so generous and caring, and I adore them. I completely forgot about Mr. Bennet though!Jolien @ The Fictional Reader recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Father(s) (Figures)

I’m not overly familiar with a lot of these books, but I love Arthur and Hans so much!! They were so wonderful ? And yes at Marcus Eaton being terrible. I remember being so mad at him when I read the Divergent series ?

The dad’s in Aristotle and Dante were pretty awesome. I forgot about that book this week– and the HP series too. So many good and bad dad’s there to choose from. What was I thinking!Michelle @ Pink Polka Dot Books recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday– Father’s Day

Haha, yes I thought this was gonna be a tricky topic because I couldn’t think of that many literary dads right away, but it turns out there are still plenty out there that I hadn’t even thought of either 🙂

Aww this is such a great post! I LOVE Arthur Weasley, he’s such a great father figure for everyone <3 And YES to Dante's dad just as well. I just love it when there are fantastic families / parental relationships in books, it's the BEST thing 🙂Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books recently posted…The healthy relationships edition – the contemporary corner

Thanks Marie! Arthur Weasley and Dante’s dad are both some amazing dads indeed. And I completely agree that we should definitely have more great parental relationships in books! It’s so important and the missing/uninvested parent trope is so annoying 🙂

Arthur Weasley is definitely quite alright! Though I absolutely adore the entire Weasley family, so he’s no exception 🙂
Ah, I kind of hope the books won’t go there with Stannis and Shireen because I’m still hoping for some kind of redemption for him there, but like you said, those chances are pretty slim…

Yes, I completely agree with all of these! 🙂 Arthur Weasley and Hans Hubermann are both such great fathers. Thanks for sharing and, as always, fabulous choices! <3Zoe @ Stories on Stage recently posted…Dreamfall

From the TV show (haven’t read the books), I was loving Luke. He seemed like a great character, and like you, I appreciate that he has Clary as the priority (even when she doesn’t want it). Sticking with that world, YEAH! I’d say Valentine’s brand of parenting is a BIG NO-NO. Plus, let’s face it, he’s just plain CREEPY. ;D

Thanks so much Rissi! Yes, I think that the “parenting skills” of Luke and Valentine are pretty comparable between the show and the books, so you’re completely correct! Luke is such a great character, while Valentine is just creepy 😉

OH MY GOODNESS yes to Stannis. That was totally horrific. It almost (almost) put me off the show! There’s been a few things in the show that I’m hoping won’t be replicated in the books. That and ‘Hold the Door’ being my top two.

I definitely need to read Falling Kingdoms.

I don’t think that the king from Throne of Glass even has a name… The King of Adarlan … Something Havilliard obviously!

I haven’t actually read the Game of Thrones books yet (I know, I know, I really should and I have them on my shelf but for some reason I just keep procrastinating…), but I do indeed hope those two moments won’t happen in the books. The Stannis one is just pure horror and the ‘Hold The Door’ is just so unbelievably sad.
I’d definitely recommend the Falling Kingdoms series! The last one is coming out in December so that would be a good time to binge-read if you’d want that 🙂
Haha, yes it would be something Havilliard 🙂 I was thinking maybe I missed his name somewhere but I guess we were just never told!
Mr. Bennet and Arthur Weasley are definitely the TOP amazing fictional dads out there! Valentine… definitely not.
Thanks so much Di!

Aaaah I love Arthur, Mr. Bennet, and Luke! You picked some seriously amazing fathers! I’m trying to think of some other fictional fathers I love but it’s actually really hard. I can think up several mothers but not so much fathers…if father figures count though, I’d definitely count Sirius and Lupin from HP and Mr. Kadam from the Tiger’s Curse series.Preethi @ The Lone Reader recently posted…A Book That Caught My Eye: This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis

I know, it was really difficult to come up with ten amazing fathers or father figures so that’s why I ended up throwing a few terrible ones in there as well 🙂 But you’re totally right about Sirius and Lupin, they’re both amazing! I haven’t read the Tiger’s Curse series yet, but I’ll be sure to check it out!